Flashes of Insight

Secularism

  • Thinking beyond the box

    Secular culture hasn’t erased the search for meaning; it has simply changed the language believers must learn to speak.

    Thinking beyond the box

  • The missing priests

    Therapists, celebrants, and influencers have picked up pieces of the priest’s job, but none of them hold a community’s whole life together.

    The missing priests

  • The Church and the Census

    Cultural Catholics still shape church funding and influence: Behind the Census lies a quiet contest over funding, identity and influence.

    The Church and the Census

  • Learning from a year as a secular priest

    An atheist professor’s year offering rituals and conversation reveals what organised religion still gets right about human need.

    Learning from a year as a secular priest

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